Re: Dell OptiPlex GX280 hangs after installation
I found an answer to this in the archives under a slightly different
problem.
It appears that the solution (or workaround) is to specify acpi=off as
an option to the kernel after reboot.
On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 13:31:42 -0700
"Jeffrey A. Edlund" <jae-debian@glaxonlabs.com> wrote:
> Using pre-rc2 I was able to install sarge on a dell optiplex GX280. I
> had to use the linux26 boot option to get support for the intel ICH6
> SATA controller. The installation went smoothly through the
> installation of GRUB, but after rebooting the computer to finish the
> configuration the kernel just hangs after the line "Real Time Clock
> Driver v1.12".
>
> I've tried using various combinations of expert26 mode,LILO, ext3
> instead of reiserfs, etc. All with the same result.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeffrey
>
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